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The first over-the-horizon radar station "container", which took up combat duty in Mordovia a year ago, confirmed its ability to detect thousands of kilometers from the border of the Russian Federation NATO fighters created using technologies for reducing radar visibility ("stealth"), the press service of RTI JSC told RIA Novosti.

The Russian military has deployed the S-300V4 air defense system on the Kuril Islands, the Eastern military district (VVO) said on Tuesday.

Over the past 12 months, means of the over-the-horizon detection radar (zgo) "Container", located in Mordovia, were detected" flights of inconspicuous fighters of NATO countries", reports"RTI". The latter include the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II.

A new universal short-range anti-aircraft missile system capable of hitting targets of any type will be created in Russia, Bekhan Ozdoev, industrial Director of the arms complex of the rostec state Corporation, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

One of the most ambitious projects of the Russian defense industry is close to successful completion

The defense Ministry has announced plans to complete the creation of a new S-500 air and missile defense system as early as next year.

The Russian military conducted another successful test of a new missile defense system (ABM).

The test launch of a new missile of the Russian missile defense system took place at the Sary-Shagan test site in Kazakhstan.The test run was successful.

Turkey may abandon further purchases of Russian air defense systems s-400 due to the US pressure, says researcher, Center for middle Eastern studies, Institute of world economy and international relations Alexei Davydov.

Moscow is defenseless against a massive missile attack from the United States. Thus, the editor-in-chief of the magazine "Arsenal of the Fatherland", Colonel in reserve Viktor Murakhovsky, commented on the NSN conducted by Russia the latest test of a new missile defense system (ABM).

Rosoboronexport has started to promote the prima mobile radar station for reconnaissance and target designation to the foreign market, the press service of the special export company reported.

It will be received by the command of the Air and space forces

A new computer model of aerospace defense has been approved by the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation, it will be received by the command of the Aerospace forces (VKS), scientists informed Russian President Vladimir Putin during his trip to Sarov to the Russian Federal nuclear center (RFNC-VNIIEF).

The Armenian defense Ministry purchased WM-80 multiple launch rocket systems from the people's Republic of China in the late 1990s.

Cover the East coast of the United States from Intercontinental ballistic missiles, while costing "little blood" - the Pentagon reported on successful tests of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA anti-missile. According to representatives of the Department, it can be based on all destroyers with the aegis system and is capable of shooting down any ICBMs. About whether the interceptor will cope with the Russian "YARS" and "Avangards" — in the material RIA Novosti.

The ruling party of Japan supported the sea-based Aegis early detection system, considering it the only possible option, the Kyodo news Agency reported on Wednesday.

If the United States really wants to use the himars (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) long-range multiple rocket launcher (MLRS) combat vehicles that were recently tested near the Crimea, these weapons will be quickly destroyed by the Russian military. A similar scenario of a possible war with Washington over the Peninsula was described by military expert Alexey Leonkov in an interview with Moskovsky Komsomolets.

Russia's oldest geopolitical rival, the United Kingdom, has found a new way to defend its interests with someone else's hands. At least, this is the conclusion that can be drawn from a number of aspects of military-technological cooperation between London and Ankara. This is especially true for the development of one of the most important tools of military superiority – the fifth-generation fighter.

Kosovo's"Independence" made the return of Crimea legitimate

The war in Kosovo was a natural outcome of Belgrade's post-world war II policy. In this region, the Yugoslav authorities allowed the uncontrolled relocation of Albanians from a neighboring country (Tito dreamed of annexing Albania). In the late 80's (already under Milosevic), when Albanians became the absolute majority in the province, they were deprived of autonomy, since Milosevic made radical Serbian nationalism the basis of his policy.

the Fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh has subsided, but the war for influence in the region is just beginning

Analysis of the composition and weapons of the opposing sides, their strengths and weaknesses provides a basis for assumptions about the likely plans for the use of troops of the armed forces of Azerbaijan and the defense Army of Nagorno-Karabakh.

what you should pay attention to at the" defense " meetings with the President

On November 10, 2020, Vladimir Putin opened the traditional annual meeting with the heads of the Military-industrial complex and the Armed forces. Such meetings have already become a tradition, but this time the agenda was very acute problems that need to be urgently addressed.

Russian short-range air defense systems are reliable only if they are properly operated

According to the results of the six-week war between Armenia and Azerbaijan, military experts almost unanimously declare the end of the era of armored vehicles.